G.I. Jane

Release Date: 1998-09-01, Rating R (Restricted),

Release Date: 1998-04-22, Rating R (Restricted),

DVDs. G.I. Jane

G.I. JANE

Demi Moore stars as Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil the first female candidate for the U.S. Navy SEAL unit a clandestine strike force drawn from the crme de la crme of the combined services--an opportunity provided her by the political maneuvering of Senator Lillian de Haven Anne Bancroft. To make the grade Jordan has to survive a grueling selection process in which 60 percent of all candidates wash out. Enigmatic Master Chief John Urgayle Viggo Mortensen runs the brutal training program that involves 20-hour days of running marching and crawling through obstacle courses under the worst weather conditions while carrying landing rafts--not to mention eating out of a garbage can during breaks. Along with the best of the men the lean mean shaven-headed Jordan handles the punishment including a bizarrely motivated beating from her drill sergeant. The top brass confident that a woman would quickly drop out becomes concerned as Jordan's ability to handle SEAL training becomes evident. Soon she must contend with trumped-up

Military-Life Drama DVD - Ridley Scott directed this flawed but involving study of Lt. Jordan O'Neil (Demi Moore), a Navy topographic analyst who is chosen as a test case for the presence of women in combat. Aware that she is making history and knowing that 60% of all male trainees will fail the rigorous training, Lt. O'Neil struggles to prove herself physically and mentally worthy of becoming a Navy SEAL. What she doesn't know is that she is being sold out by hardbitten Texas senator Lillian DeHaven (Anne Bancroft in an amusing turn), who is being blackmailed by the Defense Department with politically fatal base closings unless O'Neil fails the program. The complicated political subplot, however, only distracts from the film's real virtues -- the wonderfully staged scenes of CRT selection training -- and fizzles at its climactic moment. The training scenes are wonderful, however, as the central recruits are pushed to their physical limits by a grueling weeding-out process. Viggo Mortensen is outstanding as M